Things I did this week that my eleven-year-old daughter found cringe:

• start a group text invitation to her birthday party with “hello friends”

• pretend to lasso something

• wear an oversized T-shirt

• pick up the dog’s poop with a poop bag and carry it for two blocks to the trash can

• say “his name’s Pinto, like the bean” to the cashier at Sephora when he asked to pet the dog

• purse my lips while putting on lip gloss

• write in a very tiny notebook during her swim practice

Please share your own struggles in this department. Solidarity.